Rollie Williams

Rollie Williams
	Williams from 1941 Hawkeye
Biographical details
Born	October 11, 1897; Edgerton, Wisconsin
Died	April 5, 1968 (aged 70); North Liberty, Iowa
Playing career
Football
1920–1922	Wisconsin
1923	Racine Legion
Basketball
1920–1923	Wisconsin
Baseball
c. 1920	Wisconsin
Position(s)	Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923	Millikin
Basketball
1923–1923	Millikin
1929–1942	Iowa
1950–1951	Iowa
Baseball
1924	Millikin
Head coaching record
Overall	4–5 (football); 149–143 (basketball); 1–6 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame (1960)

Rolland Franklin "Rollie" Williams (October 11, 1897 – April 5, 1968) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Racine Legion in 1923. He played football, baseball and basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Williams was the head football, basketball, and baseball coach at Millikin University during the 1923–24 academic year. He served two stints as the head basketball coach at the University of Iowa, from 1929 to 1942 and again for the 1950–51 season. He was inducted in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1960.[1]

Williams was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin on October 11, 1897. He died on April 5, 1968, of a heart attack at his home in North Liberty, Iowa. Apart from a 40-month tour in the Navy during World War II, he spent 42 years at Iowa as an assistant coach (1924-1929), head coach (1929-1942 and 1950-1951) and assistant athletic director (1945-1966).[2]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Millikin Big Blue (llinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1923)
1923	Millikin	4–5	4–4	T–11th
Millikin:		4–5	4–4
Total:		4–5

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References

Rollie Williams. Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame.
"Williams, Former Iowa Coach, Dies,". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. April 7, 1966. p. 50. Retrieved March 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference

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[wshof-1] Rollie Williams. Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame.

[2] "Williams, Former Iowa Coach, Dies,". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. April 7, 1966. p. 50. Retrieved March 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .